DE FACTO RELATIONSHIPS ACT 1991
Table of Provisions
PART 1--PRELIMINARY MATTERS
PART 2--POWER OF COURTS TO DECLARE EXISTENCE OF RELATIONSHIPS, TO DECLARE AND ADJUST INTERESTS IN PROPERTY, AND MAKE MAINTENANCE ORDERS
Division 1--Jurisdiction
- 4 Supreme Court and Local Court to have jurisdiction
- 5 Limitation on jurisdiction of Local Court
- 6 Transfer from Local Court of proceedings exceeding jurisdictional limit
- 7 General power of transfer between courts
- 8 Stay or dismissal where proceedings instituted in 2 courts
- 9 Courts to act in aid of each other
Division 2--Declarations
Division 3--Orders for adjustment of interests in property
- 13 Application for order for adjustment
- 14 Time limit for making application
- 15 Conditions for making of order include living within Territory
- 16 Conditions for making of order include length of relationship
- 17 Relevant facts and circumstances
- 18 The order for adjustment
Division 4--Special provisions with respect to applications and orders under Division 3
- 19 Adjournment of application – likelihood of significant change in circumstances
- 20 Adjournment of application – proceedings in Family Court
- 21 Deferment of operation of order
- 22 Effect of death of party on application
- 23 Effect of death of party on order
Division 5--Maintenance
Division 6--Supplementary
- 36 Duty of court to end financial relationship
- 37 General powers of court for purposes of Part 2
- 38 Execution of instruments by order of court
- 39 Orders and injunctions in the absence of a party
- 40 Variation and setting aside of orders in special cases
- 41 Transactions to defeat claims
- 42 Interests of other persons
- 43 Enforcement of orders and injunctions
- 44 Validity of agreements
- 45 Effect of agreements in proceedings for adjustment of property rights or maintenance orders
- 46 Variation and setting aside of agreements
- 47 Disregarding of spent agreements in proceedings to adjust property rights or for maintenance orders
- 48 Death of partner – effect on periodic maintenance under agreements
- 49 Death of partner – effect on lump sum payments etc. under agreements
PART 4--MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS